The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-17
FAILURE OF THE REVISED VERSION.
The Work Of q Lot of Intellectuai Dndes Whs
Do Too Much Refining.

The Work Of a Lot of Intellectual Dndes Who
Do Too Much Refining.
Kansas City Times
It came with . Sreat flourish Of religious
trumpets For ten years IL was in the hands
Of scholars in every way exalted. When the
work was done the cry went up from orthodox
lips that it marked . wonderful epoch in re-
lieious history It was to fAsten the attenti on
OF the world upon IL, and bring
about such an uphesval - lad never been
known in all the long record of spiritual move
ments, uprisines and arrivals. Multitudes who
profess to be theologiAns and Scriptural common
5 tasors praised 10 to the skies. Large sums were
spent for early copies. Tho numbers sold ~
the beginning were enormous Every ADVENT
tious aid was given to the sale 6nd tho markets
were bulled enthusiastically. The gudgeons were
baited with an edition without hell, and the
new orthodox revolution, AZ far - any sort Of an
insight could % got from the e. surlA:s. was IN
ever. the revolution did not revolutionize. Tho
established church of ENGLAND never has ap-
proved Of IL synodically, although il demanded
the TRANSLATION the longest and loudest. No
other Prot6stant denomination ever officially
made use of it in its churches and Sunday
schools. The Catholics would not touch it
it Writers and speakers. lay or clerical. 30
scorned it that they would not quote from IL
Taboosd. spurned. failure from the beginning,
it mas now passed almost completely out OF
And what 10 the reAsons Mr. John Fulton. in
the Forum says In substance that too many
changes were introduced to suit some and not
enough to suit others; that the poetry of many
passages impaired by giving them Z too
literal translation. certain degree Of OBJ
security serves TO give charm to the expression
of poetical sentiments No one IL pleased with
. likeness of . person made by measuring his
features, and reducing them to certain scale.
matter how attractive they may have been
or are. Mr.. John Fulton does not 20 deep
enough He does not get down to the real bone
and slnow OF the subject Tho translated New
Testament. or rather tho revised edition OF the
New Testament, was the work OF . lot OF intel
lectual dudes. They refined away poetry,
pathos. rugged Saxon. quaint forms of oxpres-
sion, old landmarks, verses that had beed lived
and died by for centuries, cid texts, old prom
Uses, and old propheciss One thing the people
ss a mass will never permit to have taken away
from them, and that 10 the old fashioned Bible.
They never asked for any revision. They never
for moment considered that revision was
necessary.
The old King James version was venerated
Since its publication 1t has been . household
book. the ono sacred record OF the births. mar
riaHes and deaths in a family for . generation.
Its teachings had brought solace in sorrow, sur
cease In pain. comfort in affection, support in
misfortune. ease in torment. light in darkness.
and. better than all. something when the final
summons came that made it less dreadful to 60
down into tho valley OF tho shadow and cross
over that wonderful river, which in all
lands and In all tongues has been called the river
OF death. We do not say anything about the ad
mirable quality of scholarship manifested in the
version of the Now Testament, for doubt that
was very high and perfect; but the new trans-
1asion iteelf was impossible thing from the
start il the intention was to make it root out the
version that pretended to correct and beautify.
It makes no difference what man
may want with his Bible. how he may use
it, how explain, how sxpound. how in
terpret it, he 10 only solicitous to know that il is
his fathers Bible, and that the refners. the ag-
nostics. the tweedle-dum and tweodle-dee fell
lows Of the last half Of the nineteenth century
have not laid their hands upon that II that 10
intact all the balance 10 easy. The denomina-
tional procession can go forward thereafter a. IL
pleases. Anchored fast to his old.fashioned
Brittle. even the gates OF Greek shall not prevail
against his old.fashioned belief in fire and brim-